Our People

Andrew Walker - Business Manager
Andrew Walker is the Business Unit Manager for ADAS’s Animal Health and Welfare with overall responsibility for the Business Unit’s delivery of livestock policy advice, research services and facilities management for both government and corporate clients.   

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Brian Merrell - Head of Business Development
Brian Merrell is ADAS’ head of business development for animal health and welfare and is an expert in policy and research issues in respect of ruminant livestock farming.

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James Clarke - Science and Business Development Manager, Soils, Agriculture and Water
James Clarke BSc (Hons) Agric is ADAS’ science and business development manager for Soils, Agriculture and Water. 

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Simon Jewell - Corporate Sales Manager
Simon Jewell an experienced crop and livestock research scientist, project and quality manager currently leads a specialist animal health research sales and account management team.

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Alison Riding - Sales Process Manager, ADAS Environment Group

Alison Riding is a Principal Environmental Scientist with over 15 years’ research and consultancy experience. 

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Rosemary James - Government Sector Manager - Regional and Local Government, England
Rosemary has responsibility for the development of ADAS Environment Group work with clients in regional and local government and takes the lead on winning and managing projects across a range of specialisms.

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Sam Beechener - Defra Account Manager
In his role as Defra Account Manager, Sam works closely with colleagues from across the ADAS Group in the tender and delivery of a wide range of Defra-funded projects. 

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David Lancaster - Client Sector Manager – Food and Chemicals
David Lancaster is an ADAS Business Manager responsible for sales and business development in both the food supply chain and chemical manufacturing sectors, both with corporate and public sector clients.

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Jon Abbatt - Head of Environment – ADAS Environment Group

Jon Abbatt is an experienced project and business development manager with over 15 years experience of working with utility, highways, rail and developer clients.

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Roy Dyer - Sector Manager - Electricity, Gas & Telecoms
Roy is a very experienced Business Development Manager, with specialist knowledge of the electricity industry to whom he provides a wide range of environmental consultancy services.

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Professor Adrian Collins - Head of Water Quality Science
Adrian Collins is Head of Water Quality Science and has worked for 18 years researching diffuse pollution and its mitigation both in the UK and overseas.

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Adrian Terry - Technical Head of CIE (Chemicals in the Environment)
Initially from an organic chemistry, molecular biology and natural product discovery background, Adrian has been involved specifically in the agrochemical industry since 1990, as an environmental fate chemist. 

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Brian Chambers (Prof.) - Head of Soils & Nutrients
Brian has over 20 years of experience undertaking applied and policy driven research for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Environment Agency (EA), Food Standards Agency (FSA), Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), Scottish Government and other government departments, corporate bodies, farmers and growers in the UK.

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Neil Paveley - Head of Disease Management, Sustainable Crop Management
Dr Neil Paveley is a specialist in all aspects of plant disease and control and is a Defra Fellow in plant pathology. 

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John Elliott - Economics and Policy Group Service Product Leader
John is a senior agricultural economist, leading the economics and policy offer for ADAS. He specialises in evaluation of food, farming and land use policy and its impact on the farming industry, wider rural economy and the environment.

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Tim O'Neill - Horticulture Research Manager
Tim O’Neill  is an expert in horticultural crop diseases and technology transfer particularly with respect to protected crops, ornamentals and soil sterilisation.

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Stephen Edge - Policy Delivery Group Manager
Stephen Edge has expertise in poultry welfare and economics and currently manages a group of consultants delivering livestock policy advice to government clients.

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